Baby Scoggins

We are now at the end of the 1st trimester. Anne's morning (afternoon and evening) sickness is starting to subside a bit. She doesn't tend to feel like she's going to throw up 24 hours a day now, although still gets waves of nausea every now and again.

We went camping in the New Forest at the weekend, which was a nice break away from it all. Probably the last time we'll be able to go camping without a people carrier, trailer, roof box and a much larger tent!

Anne had another scan on Friday afternoon. It was meant to be Thursday but was moved due to another bomb scare in London.

This scan was part of the combined test that the EGA hospital offer to screen for Downs Syndrome. The 'nuchal fold' at the base of the baby's neck was measured. In our case the measurement was way below the limit that equates to a 'high risk', which is good news. Further blood tests in a couple of weeks time will give a better indication of risk.

Other measurements were made, and we were told that the baby was quite tall for his/her age (but then I'm 6'4", so it's no real surprise!). The baby looked ifne (as far as we could tell!) and was moving about quite a lot.

Yes! Our little bundle of joy isn't due until February 2006 but we're already having to think about childcare issues! More specifically, my company has a creche/nursery on site, which is a fabulous perk if you've got kids (it does work out cheaper than many other options around here). The downside is the waiting list, so even if Anne wants to take her full 6 months maternity leave, we have still been advised to put our name down for a place now! That's 12 months in advance!

Do we need to get our name down for a secondary school as well I wonder? :o)

Anne had her first scan yesterday at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson hospital in London. We've seen our baby! He/she is only 37mm long, but he/she was moving about and even waved at us (honest!).

It was a special moment, it finally dawned on us that it's really happening!

(copied from my other blog)

We're having a baby!!!

It's early days yet, but we're very excited (alternating with periods of terror). Estimated time of arrival is 3rd February, which is good planning as there won't be much to do on the [allotment] then... ("For Shame!" I hear you all cry!).

The new mum-to-be is currently suffering from morning (and afternoon, and evening) sickness, but hopefully that will pass before long. Anne's tried just about every remedy suggested (everyone does seem to have a suggestion!), and some of them have been helping a bit. She's coping much better than I would, I am sure.

Hi there.

To save cluttering up my other blog with non-gardening news, I thought I'd start a brand new blog to report on our fabulous new deliverable!

Estimated time of arrival: 3 February 2006